Resilient tire.



N. C. PELLISSERO.

RESILIENT TIRE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1918.

1,297,902. Patented Mar. 18,1919.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, '|91a.-

1,297,902; 1 PatentedMar. 18, 1919.

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NICHOLAS drELnIssERo, orson vrmon, KANSAS, ASSIGNOR or ONE-FIFTH TO AILUCKEY, or COLUMBUS,

KANSAS.

" ,RESILIENT TIRE.

To all whom it may "concern." 1

Be it known that I, -NIOHOLA'S-G.- PEL- mssnno, a citizen of the;United'States, residing atsoammon, in the countyof Cherokee and StateofKansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Resilient Tires,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention is designed with the principal purpose view of providing asectional metallic tire to be inclosed in the usualrubber clencher tire,whereby all the benefits derived from the pneumatic tire may behad'without the'use of air.

A further purpose of the invention is to:

provide a resilient tire whichnray not be readily unserviceable as aresult of the puncs turing of the rubber covering. 1 I

A still further purpose is *toprovide a unique mechanical device tobe-iuclosed by the rubber: casing, the said device being so arrangedthat relatively small'resilient members may be p y d to sustain arelatively great weight. v V V V A still further purpose is to provideadevice of the kind mentionedwhich is SlIIlPlB' and effective inopinconstruction, durable eration, inexpensive to manufacture and which maybe applicable to the usual tire rim and outer casing. a

Still further and other purposes will 'ap-- pear as the invention is setforth in detail in A p 1 tion substantially central to each pair ofadthe description which follows:

To the exact embodiment to which it is shown and described, theinvention is not to be restricted. The actual reduction topractice maysuggest certain desirable changes or alterations and the right isclaimed to make any which do not deviate from the scope of the subjoinedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings: c Figure 1 is a View partlyin sideelevation and partly in section showing the application of theinvention, v

Fig. 2. is'a section on the line 22 of Fig. 3 is a section on the line33 of Fig. 4; isa mentary rim,

. v v Specification of Letters Patent.

used to inclose section.

s on top of the clencher appropriate screws or bolts.

perspectiveview of the supple- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one ofthe plate members and its attendant lever.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view ofthe'casing the spring member of eachReferring to the drawings, there is shown a wheel A on the usual form ofclencher rim 1, the tire casing 2 being attached to the clencher rim inthe usual way.' I

The invention comprises mechanical de-'.

vices to be carried within the v tire casing 2. To provlde for theattachment of the inventween the spokes of the wheel A and formed inalinement with the radius of the wheel. These holes obtain at the centerof the transverse dimension of the telly. A supplementary rim 3 isdesigned to be carried on the telly rim 1 and between the clencherflanges of the latter. This rim v Patented Mar. 18, 1919.,

Appl cation filedA'prilM, 191's. Seria1No.230,462.

the telly of which is carried,

tion, the felly and the clencher rim 1 are. 'provided with holesmedially positioned be- '65 3 is split transversely to permit its easyattachment over the with holes 4 which 7 register with the holespreviously referredunits of which stand in spaced relation to eachother.

Each pair of ears 5 has a posiscribed, each housing member comprising abase plate 6 which is secured to the telly by Integrally connected withthe base plate 6, there is a relatively short tubular threadedexternally to permit its receiving the cap member 8, which is closed atthat end opposite to the one are formed.

Passing slidably through the holes 4 and through holes in the fellythere are rod members '9 which .are provided with appro receiving eachpriate threads to permit them on one end, a nut 10 and washer 11. Insurto as being formed in the telly and is further providedwith-inte'gral ears 5 arranged in pairs, the individual clencher flanges of therim 1.; The supplementaryrim is provided member 7 which is on which thethreads rounding relation to each rod member 9 there is a helical spring12 which is comformations conforming to the shape of the tire casing 2on the interior of the latter. The plates 15 do not, however, contactwith all the interior surface of the casing, for their longitudinaledges terminate at substantially the middle of the height of the casing.At one end, the plates are provided with cars 16 between which, one endof the lever 1% stands, and by means of which pivotal connection iseiiected between the lever and the plates through the instruinentalityof an appropriate pivot stud. At the end opposite from the ears 16, eachplate overlaps the pivotally neighbor. Thus each plate is forced upagainst the tread section of the tire casing) by its own lever 14c andspring 12 connected therewith and the lever and spring of theneighboring section.

It will be observed that the peculiar construction provides formaintaining all the sections in close contact with the tire casing onthe inside, thus tending to keep the casing in its normal shape, such aswould resultwere an air filled inner tube employed, The constructionalso provides for the yield ing or the tire, since iuidue force appliedan any one section will cause it to depress the shorter arm of its leveris and raise the longer arm against the pressure of its spring 12, theoverlapping end of the section so operated depressing the adjacentsection to cause the latter to operate its lever spring in a similarmanner.

The arrangement of having the shorter arms of the levers 14s connectedto the plate members and the longer arms operated upon by thespringmembers, provides for the use of sprmgs whose strength is not nearly somuch as would be necessary were the springs called upon to sustain theplate members directly upon themselves.

The provision or" the nuts 10 makes possible an adjustment that permitsthe variation of the force exerted by the springs. Also the provision ofthe cap members 8 provides for appropriately inclosing the springsexcept when it is necessary to effect adjustments or to replace orrepair damaged g From. the foregoing connected end of its anddescription and the newness accompanying drawings, the operation andadvantages or the invention are so apparent that further description isomitted.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. The combination with a wheel having a clencher rim and a tire casingengaged and held on by said rim, of a plurality of overlapping platesconforming both in transverse and longitudinal outline with the tirecasing, said'plates being carried within the easing, a lever pivotallyconnected with each plate and fulcrumed upon the wheel, and a springconnected with each lever, so that the spring and plate connected witheach lever may be joined with the longer and shorter arm thereofrespectively.

'2. The combination with a wheel having a clencher rim and a tire casingengaged and held on by said rim, of a plurality of overlapping platesconforming both in trans verse and longitudinal outline with the tirecasing, said plates being carried within the casing, springs carried onthe inside of the telly of the wheel, connections between each springand the springs indirectly sustain the weight imposed upon the wheel andthereby are permitted to sustain a greater weight than if they wereunder direct pressure, and cas ings carried on the telly and inclosingthe springs, the casings having removable caps.

3. The combination with a wheel havinga clencher rim and a tire casingengaged and heldon by said rim, of a plurality of overlapping platesconforming in transverse and longitudinal outline with the tire casing,said plates beingcarried within the casing, a lever pivotally connectedwith each plate and fulcrnmed upon the wheel, rod members passingradially through the folly of the wheel and each having pivotalconnection with one of the levers, a nut threaded upon the inner end ofeach rod member, and a spiral spring in surrounding relation to each rodmember and compressed between the inner face of the telly of the wheeland the nut.

l. The combination with a wheel having a clencher rim and a tire casingengaged and held on by said rim, of a plurality of overlapping platesconforming in transverse and longitudinal outline with the tire casing,said plates being carried within the casin a supplemental rim carried bythe wheel and between the flanges of the clencher rim, a lever pivotallyconnected with each plate and fulcrumed upon the supplemental rim, rodmembers passing radially through the supplemental rim and through thetelly of the wheel, and each having pivotal connection with one or thelevers, a nut threaded each rod member and compressed between the innerface of the telly of the wheel and r the nut.

5. The combination with a wheel having a tire casing carried thereby, ofa plurality of overlapping plwtes conforming both in transverse andlongitudinal outline with the tire casing, said plates being carriedwithin the casing, resilient members carried by the wheel, andconnections between each reeili- 10 ent member and one end of each platewhereby the said resilient members indirectly sustain the weight imposedupon the wheel and thereby are permitted to sustain a greater weightthan if they were under di- 15 rect pressure.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

NICHOLAS C. PELLISSERO. 7

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